Pallone Statement on Trump DOJ Charging Congresswoman LaMonica McIver

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today issued the following statement in response to news that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged Congresswoman LaMonica McIver:

“This is a purely political act to stop a Member of Congress from doing her job. Oversight is not a criminal offense unless you are living under a fascist regime. Like all Members of Congress, Representatives Menendez, Watson Coleman, and McIver have authority under the law to conduct oversight visits at federal ICE detention facilities. Instead, they were met by heavily armed agents with covered faces and no identification. Democratic lawmakers were delayed and harassed for doing their job, and now the Trump Administration is abusing their power to sideline their political opponents. I stand with Representative McIver and all my New Jersey colleagues. We must not stay silent while Trump and his lawless administration tears the Constitution to shreds.”